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Bid

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Noun

1. bid, bidding, command, dictation

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

2. bid, play

an attempt to get something

Example Sentences:
'they made a futile play for power'
'he made a bid to gain attention'

3. bid, tender

a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

4. bid, bidding

(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

Verb

5. bid, offer, tender

propose a payment

Example Sentences:
'The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting'

6. bid, wish

invoke upon

Example Sentences:
'wish you a nice evening'
'bid farewell'

7. adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat, press

ask for or request earnestly

Example Sentences:
'The prophet bid all people to become good persons'

8. bid, call

make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

Example Sentences:
'He called his trump'

9. bid

make a serious effort to attain something

Example Sentences:
'His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population'

10. bid, invite

ask someone in a friendly way to do something

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bid

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verbWord forms: bids, bidding, bad, bade or in esp for senses 1, 2, 5, 7 bid, bidden or in esp for senses 1, 2, 5, 7 bid
1. (often foll by for or against)
to offer (an amount) in attempting to buy something, esp in competition with others as at an auction
2. business
to respond to an offer by a seller by stating (the more favourable terms) on which one is willing to make a purchase
3. (transitive)
to say (a greeting, blessing, etc)
to bid farewell
4. 
to order; command
do as you are bid!
5. (intransitive; usually foll by for)
to attempt to attain power, etc
6. (transitive)
to invite; ask kindly
she bade him sit down
7. bridge
to declare in the auction before play how many tricks one expects to make
8.  bid defiance
9.  bid fair
noun
10. 
a. 
an offer of a specified amount, as at an auction
b. 
the price offered
11. business
a. 
a statement by a buyer, in response to an offer by a seller, of the more favourable terms that would be acceptable
b. 
the price or other terms so stated
12. 
an attempt, esp an attempt to attain power
13. bridge
a. 
the number of tricks a player undertakes to make
b. 
a player's turn to make a bid
14.  short for bid price
abbreviation for (in prescriptions)
bis in die

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Bid

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verb transitiveWord forms: bade or bid, ˈbidden or bid, ˈbidding, bid
1.  Obsolete
to beseech; implore
2. 
to command, ask, or tell
do as you are bidden
3. 
to offer (a certain amount) as the price or fee that one will pay or accept
4. 
to declare openly
to bid defiance
5. 
to express in greeting or taking leave
bid farewell to your friends
6.  US, Informal
to offer membership to
the fraternity bid five new men
7.  Chiefly Dialectal
to invite
8.  Cards
to state (the number of tricks or points one proposes to take and, in bridge, whether one proposes to play the hand with a specified suit as trump or with no suit as trump) in an effort to win the right to name trump
verb intransitive
9. 
to make a bid
noun
10. 
a bidding of an amount
11. 
the amount bid
12. 
a chance to bid
13. 
an attempt or try
a bid for fame
14.  US, Informal
an invitation, esp. to become a member
15.  Cards
a. 
the act of bidding
b. 
the number of tricks, suit, etc. stated in a bid
c. 
a player's turn to bid
verb intransitive
Obsolete
bide
Pharmacy
twice daily

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bid

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abbr.
Bachelor of Industrial Design
v. bade (băd, bād) or bid, bid·den (bĭdn) or bid, bid·ding, bids
v.tr.
1. past tense and past participle bid
a. To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
b. To auction (a contract): The city will bid the project next summer.
c. To offer (someone) membership, as in a group or club: "glancing around to be sure that he had been bid by a society that he wanted" (Louis Auchincloss).
d. Games To state one's intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards): bid four hearts.
2. To utter (a greeting or salutation): I bid you farewell.
3. To issue a command to; direct: "Lee ... bid the captain sit beside him and report" (Stephen W. Sears).
4. To invite to attend; summon: The host bid the guests come to dinner.
v.intr. past tense and past participle bid
1. To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price: decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.
2. To seek to win or attain something; strive.
n.
1.
a. An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something: made a bid on the antique desk.
b. The amount offered or proposed: The highest bid at the auction was $5,000.
2. An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
3. An earnest effort to win or attain something: a team in a bid to win the championship; a candidate who made a bid for the presidency.
4. Games
a. The act of bidding in cards.
b. The number of tricks or points declared.
c. The trump or no-trump declared.
d. The turn of a player to bid.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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